Rhoda Holmes Nicholls
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Rhoda Carlton Marian Holmes March 28, 1854 Coventry, England |
| Died | September 7, 1930 (aged 76) Stamford, Connecticut |
| Education | Bloomsbury School of Art, London |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse(s) | Burr H. Nicholls |
Rhoda Holmes Nicholls (March 28, 1854 – September 7, 1930) was an English-Americanwatercolor and oil painter, born in Coventry, England. She studied art in England and Italy, and her work was viewed and praised at the time by the queens of both countries. A body of work was created in South Africa by Nicholls of Port Elizabeth area's scenery, wildlife and architecture. She lived there on her brothers' 25,000-acre ostrich farm for one year.
Her watercolor paintings and illustrations were published in journals, and her oil paintings won awards in the United States and Europe. Nicholls was a successful artist, writer and art instructor. She was actively involved in many art organizations as a member and leader.
Rhoda Carlton Marian Holmes, the daughter of Rev. George Holmes, was born in Coventry, England. Her father, an Oxford University graduate, was vicar of the parish Littlehampton, Sussex. When she was ten years old her family moved to Hertfordshire.
She was educated by governesses and at a boarding school. During her childhood she had musical and artistic training. She "inherited intellectuality and a cultured taste" from her parents and graduated from school with honor.
Holmes studied art at the Bloomsbury School of Art, now the Royal College of Art, one of the Kensington Museum's schools. She won the Queen's prize at the end of her first year, which granted her £60 annually for three years and an additional £10 directly from Queen Victoria's personal budget "in token of high approval" of her work. After studying in London for a year, she decided to continue her studies in Italy, thereby forfeiting the prize. Holmes studied the human figure with Giuseppe Cammarano and landscape painting with Achille Vertunni in Venice or in Rome. In the winter of 1881 she met with and showed her work to Queen Margherita of Italy who praised her talent and achievement. Holmes joined Circolo Artistico, a club of multi-national professional artists, where she took evening classes. She was the second woman elected to the Società degli Aquarellisti (Society of Watercolorists).
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